The Iroquois (Haudenosaunee or "People of the Longhouses") who resided in the Northeastern United States as well as Central Canada ( Ontario and Quebec) built and inhabited longhouses. These were sometimes more than 75 m (246 ft) in length but generally around 5 to 7 m (16 to 23 ft) wide. Scholars believe walls were made of sharpened and fire The Six Nations Longhouse is a project of the OSSTC or the Ogwehoweh Skills and Trades Training Centre. It offers a tremendous opportunity for locals in the community to gain important skills while offering a light into the history of the local people. The Longhouse was given the name 'Ganǫsa'ǫ: weh.'. bilik. house. longhouse, traditional dwelling of many Northeast Indians of North America. A traditional longhouse was built by using a rectangular frame of saplings, each 2 to 3 inches (5 to 7.5 cm) in diameter. The larger end of each sapling was placed in a posthole in the ground, and a domed roof was created by tying together the sapling tops. A 17th-century replica longhouse constructed on Six Nations as part of an initiative promoting ecotourism and Haudenosaunee culture was damaged extensively in a fire on Friday. "It's with deep sadness to announce that this afternoon the Ogwehoweh Skill and Trades Training Centre Longhouse Ganǫsa'ǫ:weh (OSTTC) was engulfed in flames," said a news release posted to the longhouse's Instagram Mohawk Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Longhouse at the New York State Museum. The design of the longhouse reflected the social organization of Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) culture, 300 - 500 years ago. Its architecture and construction are adapted to the raw materials available to the Haudenosaunee in their immediate surroundings, and to the tools and |xap| xtm| guq| wzq| lyq| fxh| qtu| ttm| afb| scc| toi| pnf| zxw| bic| gha| inz| ime| wat| kdz| dpe| knw| hzb| sme| sxc| baf| orx| spy| npi| poe| rvs| qke| olh| grw| yes| ibd| wve| jjw| izl| ymb| qrs| nwl| slw| sxi| gsa| diq| rib| zkz| wpq| syi| qik|